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Buckingham Castle, Macclesfield
In the civil parish of Macclesfield.
In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).
Late C15 castellated mansion in town called Buckingham castle had stone gateway facing Mill Street. Porch tower survived until 1933. In 1398 the clerk, John of Macclesfield, applied for a licence to crenellate', which Ormerod felt applied to a house on this site; licence repeated in 1410.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.
A Chester licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1398 Aug 30.
A Chester licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1410.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ91717358
PastScape number;
78311
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1563/3/1
- Web site links
- Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Lancashire and Cheshire (Malvern) p20
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p563
Cullen, P.W. and Hordern, R., 1986, Castles of Cheshire (Crossbow Books) p26
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p68 [mention]
Ridgway, Maurice Hill, 1958, 'Medieval Castles' in Sylvester, D. and Nulty, G. (eds), The Historical Atlas of Cheshire (Cheshire Community Council) p24-5
Ormerod, G., 1882 [2edn], History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol3 p747
- Journal Articles
- Turner, R.C., 1987, ‘Macclesfield Castle’ Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society Vol31 p134-145
Maxfield, D.K., 1986, 'Pardoners and property: John Macclesfield, 1351-1422, builder of Macclesfield Castle' Cheshire Archaeological Society Journal Vol69
Angus-Butterworth, L.M., 1973, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society Vol20 p64-5
Halstead, D., 1932, Ancient Monuments Society Year Bokk p39-44
- Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Chester Recognizance Roll, 21 & 22 Ric. II, m. 37d
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